I'm still baffled about why Wizards can't get this downtime coverage together. CNN spent almost an entire year filling almost 24 hours with content about the same story, even when there were no developments for hours. Almost any kind of constructive Modern filler commentary would be better than the endless downtime.

Quote of the chat: Octavian1919 :this is how you lose half of the 14k viewers you had

Well, to be fair, even SCG gets large breaks before the Top8 and, at the same time there was a modern match at the SCG channel.

I'm still baffled about why Wizards can't get this downtime coverage together. CNN spent almost an entire year filling almost 24 hours with content about the same story, even when there were no developments for hours. Almost any kind of constructive Modern filler commentary would be better than the endless downtime.

Quote of the chat: Octavian1919 :this is how you lose half of the 14k viewers you had

Well, to be fair, even SCG gets large breaks before the Top8 and, at the same time there was a modern match at the SCG channel.

But as was pointed out, they could easily fill the air time with something, ANYTHING. Commentary, recaps, replays, "pro analysis" from players knocked out, predictions, whatever. They don't even provide a countdown timer so people know when to return. Then, unless I missed something, they blindly return into the start of match 1 of the semis with NO introduction and no talking about the other T8 decks. It's sloppy and unprofessional.

I was at GP Brisbane and went 9 and 5 before dropping due to a broken wrist; I was on RG Titan Scapeshift. 3 of my losses were to Tron decks of some form or other either because of the nut draw of their ability to search for lands. The matchup is not that great in my experience, but I could just be lacking in experience against the deck.

From my experience, RG Scapeshift is quite favored. They're faster and there's not much Tron can really do to try to mess them up. And their stuff is much more damaging than what Tron can do to them. Karn/World Breaker can remove lands but they're awfully slow, and once they get a Primeval Titan it's basically over. Doesn't matter if you Oblivion Stone or Karn them afterwards, they've got their Valauts and will be shooting you for serious damage with every land drop. Ulamog can help a lot, but unless you're lucky enough to cast him on turn 4, it's usually too late... and even a turn 4 Ulamog isn't necessarily enough.

RUG Scapeshift is a better matchup for Tron because it's slower and more vulnerable to Ghost Quarter.

I'm still baffled about why Wizards can't get this downtime coverage together. CNN spent almost an entire year filling almost 24 hours with content about the same story, even when there were no developments for hours. Almost any kind of constructive Modern filler commentary would be better than the endless downtime.

I don't think that's a great comparison, though, because no one is particularly interested in watching CNN (or any other 24-hour news network) for as long as a Grand Prix is; sure, they can fill 24 hours, but who actually watches it for the 8+ hours a Grand Prix takes? Also, remember that it's not a full 24 hours they need, as about 1/3 of that time is just commercial breaks, plus a lot of it is just "regular programming" that they'd show regardless that happens to include some commentary about whatever the current event is.

That said, it is true there's often a frustrating amount of "downtime." One of the things I really liked about Channel Fireball's coverage is the fact they tried to always put something on. They recorded their backup match so that if they never got to actually seeing it, they could play it back in real time and do commentary for it after the primary one ended. And while I thought stuff like "Fact or Fiction" was kind of dull, it was still something that was on air.

As frustrated as I am with the over-exposure with Death Shadow, Sam Black has been playing some of the best magic I've ever seen, most players lose a lot of the games he plays in those situations. This is where you definitely see the huge skill gap in pro players and grinders

I'm one Top 32 away from writing a very strongly worded article about how bad reactive blue decks are in Modern and how badly we need to consider a few unbans. A few near misses in the T16 would complicate the picture, but it's not looking promising.

I'm one Top 32 away from writing a very strongly worded article about how bad reactive blue decks are in Modern and how badly we need to consider a few unbans. A few near misses in the T16 would complicate the picture, but it's not looking promising.

Ktkenshinx: I think that jace or preordain, even ponder wont help blue. What cards would you unban to help a color which indentity has been nerfed?

I've seen this argument several times today, and I don't get where it's coming from. Unbanning cards that are more powerful than Blue currently has access to (even being strictly better than a current staple in the case of Preordain) absolutely does help blue. Would it completely fix the problems Blue has? No, it won't. Is it a good step. Yes, absolutely.

I'm one Top 32 away from writing a very strongly worded article about how bad reactive blue decks are in Modern and how badly we need to consider a few unbans. A few near misses in the T16 would complicate the picture, but it's not looking promising.

please really press on what could help in your opinion. also maybe some reprints wizards could consider . wizards needs to see your article